‘Supergirl’ Season 2 Finds Its Maggie Sawyer in Floriana Lima

Supergirl has been beefing up its cast for Season 2, including Superman himself and a likely replacement for Cat Grant, while the latest addition should make loads of DC fans happy. Beloved gay character Maggie Sawyer will officially return to live action, as Season 2 sets Floriana Lima in the detective role.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Lima will join the Supergirl cast as a series regular “inspired by” (but still named) Maggie Sawyer, in this iteration “a detective for the National City Police Department who takes a special interest in the cases involving aliens.” The John Byrne-created character was first introduced in 1987 as captain of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit, also becoming one of the first openly characters in mainstream comics.